Brivio criticizes riders’ market: ‘Not good for riders or teams’

The riders mostly sign a contract, in its majority for two years, but after a year and a little more they are already their negotiating. The riders dance starts invariably too early, which for Davide Brivio, Suzuki’s strong man in MotoGP, is negative, although he assumes that this is how the game has to be played.

‘It’s always complicated. If everything starts right in the first race of the season, we can only take into account what the rider did the year before. This is not good for riders or teams. Riders don’t have the opportunity to show their progress. The same goes for bikes and teams. If we have problems with the machine at the start of the season but then the bike improves after three or four races, it’s too late. The riders looking for another bike for the next season have already made their decision’, Brivio regrets.

The director spoke to Speedweek after Andrea Iannone’s departure from Suzuki, a decision almost taken before the ideal time, before the italian achieved two podium finishes:

– He never seemed happy with the machine and never had good feelings. To be honest, we thought this bike was simply not for him. We talked to him on the winter tests and we said: We have to see if Suzuki is a good bike for Andrea or if Andrea is a good rider for the bike… if they work well together. But then began theriders market carousel came in force and our questions went unanswered. It’s crazy, how the riders market is. Unfortunately it is part of the game and we have to accept the rules.